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This Is Why You Might Not Find Room 420 In Your Hotel

Or, perhaps you’ve happened across the very rare room number 419+1, and have no idea why?

It’s not a widespread practice, but some hotel operators have taken to avoiding room number 420 entirely because of its association with cannabis and the troublemaking that sometimes occurs in rooms numbered as such.

Yesterday in Australia, and today in other parts of the world, weed enthusiasts celebrated April 20 — or 4/20, in accordance with American date-keeping — by blazing up with pride, usually at 4.20pm on the dot, and celebrating pot culture generally.

Among them are rooms 217 and 418 at The Stanley Hotel in Colorado, the spooky lodgings that inspired horror author Stephen King to write The Shining.

US CO: Marijuana Advocates Celebrate 420 Day in Denver April 200:15

A crowd gathered at Denver’s Civic Center to celebrate the 420 “Weed Day” on Wednesday. Marijuana advocates across the globe celebrate cannabis culture regardless of its legality on April 20 annually. The Denver Post said the number of people gathering at the Civic Center has shrunk this year. The exact origins of 420 Day and the connection between 420 and cannabis culture are unclear. Credit: Instagram/krypolhaze